Gneissic tors in the central European upland: Complex Late Pleistocene forms?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F23%3A00131462" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131462 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108764" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108764</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108764" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108764</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Gneissic tors in the central European upland: Complex Late Pleistocene forms?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Bedrock outcrops punctuating regolith-covered surfaces in the summit/upper slope and hillside positions (tors and crags) have long been a subject of inquiry in geomorphology for their evolutionary trajectories and now also as valuable geoheritage sites. Methodological advances in research, such as DTM-based geomorphological analysis and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide inventories, create new perspectives to decipher the spatial and temporal context of tor emergence and decay. The shape, structural controls, 10Be inventories and relation to surrounding medium-scale landforms were studied at thirteen conspicuous bedrock outcrops developed in metamorphic and sedimentary lithologies in the Bohemian-Moravian Highland, Czechia. The shapes of studied bedrock outcrops indicate significant litho-structural controls. The general outline is mainly governed by (sub) vertical joints, whereas the inclination of foliation or bedding planes dictates summit and cliff morphology. Some of the tors described in this study developed in exceptionally densely foliated and jointed gneiss, which does not comply with the generally accepted view of tors as massive rock compartments resisting weathering. A series of rock hardness measurements performed at three gneissic tors using Schmidt hammer show statistically significant within-tor variability of R-values, indicating different exposure times to subaerial weathering. The complexity of landform assemblages, within which studied tors/crags are developed, varies from isolated bedrock outcrops surrounded by smooth slopes covered with debris-rich soils to outcrops accompanied by low rock cliffs, debris-covered steps, slope benches, boulder fields and isolated large blocks. The 10Be inventories reveal ages mostly from the Late Pleistocene and rarely from the Holocene. Summit/upper slope tors and hillside crags show considerable variability in maximum denudation rates ranging from 6.4 &amp; PLUSMN; 0.2 to 105.6 &amp; PLUSMN; 4.8 m/Ma. Paired samples from the summits and cliffs of eight outcrops indicate three possible post-emergence evolutionary scenarios with summit downwearing while keeping the outcrop outline, balanced cliff and summit degradation rate, and backwearing as the dominant degradation process.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Gneissic tors in the central European upland: Complex Late Pleistocene forms?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Bedrock outcrops punctuating regolith-covered surfaces in the summit/upper slope and hillside positions (tors and crags) have long been a subject of inquiry in geomorphology for their evolutionary trajectories and now also as valuable geoheritage sites. Methodological advances in research, such as DTM-based geomorphological analysis and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide inventories, create new perspectives to decipher the spatial and temporal context of tor emergence and decay. The shape, structural controls, 10Be inventories and relation to surrounding medium-scale landforms were studied at thirteen conspicuous bedrock outcrops developed in metamorphic and sedimentary lithologies in the Bohemian-Moravian Highland, Czechia. The shapes of studied bedrock outcrops indicate significant litho-structural controls. The general outline is mainly governed by (sub) vertical joints, whereas the inclination of foliation or bedding planes dictates summit and cliff morphology. Some of the tors described in this study developed in exceptionally densely foliated and jointed gneiss, which does not comply with the generally accepted view of tors as massive rock compartments resisting weathering. A series of rock hardness measurements performed at three gneissic tors using Schmidt hammer show statistically significant within-tor variability of R-values, indicating different exposure times to subaerial weathering. The complexity of landform assemblages, within which studied tors/crags are developed, varies from isolated bedrock outcrops surrounded by smooth slopes covered with debris-rich soils to outcrops accompanied by low rock cliffs, debris-covered steps, slope benches, boulder fields and isolated large blocks. The 10Be inventories reveal ages mostly from the Late Pleistocene and rarely from the Holocene. Summit/upper slope tors and hillside crags show considerable variability in maximum denudation rates ranging from 6.4 &amp; PLUSMN; 0.2 to 105.6 &amp; PLUSMN; 4.8 m/Ma. Paired samples from the summits and cliffs of eight outcrops indicate three possible post-emergence evolutionary scenarios with summit downwearing while keeping the outcrop outline, balanced cliff and summit degradation rate, and backwearing as the dominant degradation process.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10505 - Geology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_026%2F0008459" target="_blank" >EF16_026/0008459: Dlouhodobý výzkum geochemických bariér pro ukládání jaderného odpadu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Geomorphology

ISSN

0169-555X

e-ISSN

1872-695X

Svazek periodika

436

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

September

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

1-16

Kód UT WoS článku

001023521900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85161711861